High Court presses government over failure to enforce haredi draft ruling, reserves decision
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The High Court of Justice pressed the government on Sunday over its failure to implement last year’s ruling requiring effective enforcement of military service obligations against ultra-Orthodox (haredi) draft dodgers in a hearing on motions to hold the state in contempt of court.
At the close of the live-broadcast hearing, the five-justice panel said it would issue its decision at a later date.
The case centers on the government’s failure to carry out the November 2025 ruling, authored by Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg, which held that the state must move without delay to formulate an effective enforcement policy against haredi draft evasion, including meaningful criminal enforcement and broader economic and civil measures.
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